ARIES Annual User Call Topic 1 ARIES Project

ARIES Annual User Call Topic 1: ARIES Project Concepts Principal Investigator Date

FY 21 Annual User Call Topic 1: ARIES Project Concepts • This topic area addresses energy systems and grid integration challenges focused on the power system and beyond, including water, thermal, fuels and transportation systems. Submissions must identify how a project will use the core capabilities of ESIF and IESS and address energy systems and grid integration challenges that align with a DOE initiative such as the Grid Modernization Initiative, Energy Storage Grand Challenge, and/or Hybrid Energy Systems Roadmap. • Project submissions will be asked to address one or more of the ARIES fundamental challenges: – Variability in the physical size of new energy technologies being added to energy system – Controlling large numbers (millions to tens of millions) of interconnected devices – Integrating multiple diverse technologies that have not previously worked together NREL | 2

Organization, PI Last Name - Project Title Goal: Project Description: PHOTO or GRAPHIC if available Technologies: Laboratory Activities: Partners: Funding Source Amount Total Project Impact: NREL | 3

Organization, PI Last Name - Project Title Organization, PI Last Name- Project Title ARIES Project Considerations Which ARIES research area does the project address? Does the research receive funding from multiple programs/sources? Does the research utilize ARIES capabilities (ESIF, IESS, and/or Virtual Environment)? Is there potential to increase research impact through integration and crossprogram collaboration? Is scaling-up an aspect of the research or as a continuation of the research? NREL | 4

Organization, PI Last Name - Project Title One slide may be used to describe the experimental set up requested. You may include text, diagrams, schematics, photographs, etc. A list of ESIF equipment can be found at: https: //www. nrel. gov/esif/equipment. html NREL | 5